U.S. stocks traded mostly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.24% to 42,445.30 while the NASDAQ fell 0.13% to 19,347.54. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.08% to 5,871.87.

Leading and Lagging Sectors
Real estate shares rose by 1.1% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, consumer staples shares fell by 0.4%.

Top Headline

Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter on Friday.

The company posted quarterly earnings of 14 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 8 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $5.938 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $5.932 billion.

Equities Trading UP

• My Size, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYSZ) shares shot up 349% to $6.11.
• Shares of Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSDT)got a boost, surging 119% to $0.9901.
• Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ:TAOP) shares were also up, gaining 73% to $0.5490 after the company announced it received an additional 180 calendar days for compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Cyngn Inc. (NASDAQ:CYN) shares dropped 76% to $0.3895 as the company reported the pricing of $20.0 million follow on offering.
• Shares of Galectin Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:GALT) were down 63% to $0.7600 after the company announced top-line results of its NAVIGATE clinical trial and confirmed belapectin did not achieve statistical significance.
• PainReform Ltd. (NASDAQ:PRFX) was down, falling 54% to $5.09.

Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 1% to $68.73 while gold traded up 1.2% at $2,640.30.

Silver traded up 1.2% to $29.775 on Friday, while copper rose 0.4% to $4.0930.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 dipped 1.3%, Germany's DAX fell 0.9% and France's CAC 40 declined 0.7%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.2%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.5%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.29%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.16%, China's Shanghai Composite Index declining 0.06% and India's BSE Sensex falling 1.49%.

Economics

• The University of Michigan consumer sentiment rose to 74 in December, recording the highest level since April, and versus a reading of 71.8 in November.
• U.S. personal income increased by 0.3% month-over-month in November compared to a revised 0.7% gain in October.
• Personal spending increased by 0.4% to an annualized rate of $20.2 trillion in November.
• The U.S. personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.1% month-over-month in November down from 0.2% in each of the prior two months and compared to market estimates of 0.2%.

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